Arkansas Sets Primaries May 30 and June 13
Gov. Dale Bumpers kept dates for Arkansas primaries as May 30 and June 13. The Legislature's Senate approved the plan with Harold King as sponsor while House actions mirrored Bumpers preferred dates. Debates on drug control bills and funding measures crowded the session, with final adjournment possible today.
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Sheridan
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Oscar Allen
Ford Profits 27 Percent Higher in 1971 Earnings
Ford Motor Co reports 1971 profits of 657 million dollars up 27 percent from 516 million in 1970. Earnings per share reach 6.18, second highest in Ford history. Worldwide sales hit a record 16.4 billion, up 10 percent from 15 billion. Also notes Pine Bluff fire destroys three houses and a salvage yard.
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School Group Forms To Review Hope Curriculum
The Citizens Committee For Better Quality Schools held a Monday night meeting at Hope City Hall. Calvin Smith was elected Vice-Chairman and Mrs. Bob Dillard Secretary under Chairman Herman Wilson. The group planned visits to Hope Schools and invited Elementary and Junior High teachers to discuss curriculum issues next week. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J.G. Bell, Charles Cooper, Mrs. Jerry Wright, Mrs. Dorothy Hewitt, Mrs. Herman Wilson, William Muldrew and Dr. Don Freel.
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Don Freel
Agnew Opposes Busing and Constitutional Amendments
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says he opposes busing to achieve racial balance in schools and rejects a constitutional amendment to ban it. He argues education should guide policy and notes his remarks reflect personal views, not Nixon's, while backing open housing and limiting segregation only when voluntary.
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Today Show
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Vocational Education Week Highlights Hope Lions Meeting
Royce Pendergrass introduced Charles Easley of the State Department of Education who spoke on Vo Tech progress. Arkansas opened the first Vo Tech in 1950 and now has twelve statewide. The program aims at students not pursuing college with fewer unskilled jobs expected. a high school option offers five to six fields to help students choose a vocation. Lions guests included Doris Jean Flowers, Dub Flowers, Paul McClelland, Harold Goodfellow, and Rev. R T Ludden.
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State Department of Education
Little Rock
Hope Lions
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Lion “Dub” Flowers
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R.T. Ludden
Lions Rehabilitation Center
Lion Arthur Wimmell
Arkansas Forecast With Variable Cloudiness
The experiment station report covers a 24 hour period ending 7 am Tuesday. Forecast for Arkansas indicates partly cloudy conditions in the south and extreme east and fair elsewhere. Tonight and Wednesday, the north will be partly cloudy while the south remains mostly cloudy. Highs today and Wednesday range from the 50s in the north to the upper 60s or lower 70s in the extreme south with tonight’s lows from the upper 20s in the north to the mid 40s in the south.
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Winter Storms Sweep Across Nation and Arctic Air Follows
Storm systems bring rain and snow to the Midwest and Pacific Northwest while an arctic air mass drives cold in the Northern Plains. Light snow blankets the northern Midwest, showers in the south, and fog hinders travel. Northwest coastal regions see more rain turning to snow at higher elevations, with up to 14 feet of snow reported in some Western mountains this winter. North Dakota and Minnesota face cold wave warnings as arctic air returns, while the southern states enjoy milder temperatures across the Gulf and Pacific air influence.
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Fort Smith man killed in Ark. 59 crash
State police said Lawrence Wheeler 49 of Fort Smith died in a two vehicle crash on Arkansas 59 at Barling when he lost control on a curve and skidded into Edward T. Jones 54 of near Barling. Jones and a passenger Dorothy Jones 45 were injured.
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Farm costs to rise to record high in 1972
Washington report from the Agriculture Department projects farm production costs to reach a record level in 1972 with a 3.5 percent gain in 1971. The Economic Research Service notes price restraints under Phase II and higher feed supplies will shape costs, while net farm income is forecast to rise to as much as 17.7 billion in 1972.
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Agriculture Department
Economic Research Service
Mills to visit New Hampshire for write in campaign
Rep. Wilbur Mills travels to New Hampshire to discuss state aid and Nixon revenue sharing with lawmakers while a funded write in effort builds. Mills aims for 8 to 10 percent in the Democratic primary and plans to attend a legislative joint session then depart for Washington.
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Obituaries of McElroy Morrison and Gilbert in Arkansas region
Fred D. McElroy 72 died Monday in a Little Rock hospital. He was a Texaco dealer and World War I veteran, survived by daughter Mindy Wisner and sister Ethel Pierce. Private graveside services are set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Rose Hill Cemetery, Oakcrest Funeral Home in charge. J. E. Morrison died Monday in Texas with graveside services at Memory Gardens on Wednesday, Oakcrest handling local arrangements. Leo Gilbert 74 of Denison Texas, former Hempstead County resident, survived by multiple siblings. Services 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Johnson Moore Funeral Home, Denison.
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Glenwood
Ethel Pierce
Hot Springs
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Oakcrest Funeral Home
J.E. Morrison
Fulton
Texas
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Leo Gilbert
Denison
Hempstead County
Edward Gilbert
Danville
Ind
Orie Gilbert
Texarkana
Alma Derwin
Santa Anna
Calif
Sam White
H.B. Ames
Opal Whitten
Benton
Johnson & Moore Funeral
Valentine cost 15 cents in Washington affair
Pat Nixon told reporters at a Washington luncheon and fashion show that she sent the President a 15 cent Valentine card reading I love you She expects to receive his gift later in the day He usually gives her candy during these occasions as the Washington Heart Association event proceeded
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Pat Nixon
Women’s Board
The
Washington Heart Assocciation
Valentine Day Surprise at Peoria Clerk’s Office
Herschel M. Trulock, 60, and Mildred V. Jones, 66, sought a marriage license on Valentine’s Day in Peoria Illinois. Clerk Milo Nelson paid the $11 license fee from his own pocket, highlighting a lighthearted pay-it-forward moment in the county clerk’s office.
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Dan Cupid
Herschel M. Trulock
Mildred V. Jones
Peoria
Milo Nelson
Blue Angel Pilot Killed in California Crash
An F4 Phantom jet from the Blue Angels crashed during a routine training flight 30 miles northwest of El Centro California killing one pilot. The incident marks the fourth Blue Angels death following crashes in 1967 and 1968.
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Calif
Navy
Naval Air Facility
Jackson Picture Was Gimmick
Sen. Henry M. Jackson said a photo showing him addressing two people in Winter Haven Florida was a gimmick. He noted a later image captured a larger gathering and urged printing the two pictures side by side to show context.
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Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Winter Haven
Fla
Florida
Jackson
Associated Press
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